Since we're talking about shipping software, I prefer to have our forklift operators having mobiles on their trucks instead of lappies, but we do have a bunch of desktop (and server, and mainframe) apps, it's just that most of them are written in tools other than LC. I will say that integrating our mobile apps into our ecosystem with the mainframes and the desktops has been pretty easy with LC.
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 4:10 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Congrats! Nice to see LC out in the field. > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 6:34 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Matthias Rebbe > Subject: OT our shipping software is finally finished > > Hi, > > with a little proud i am happy to say that after many weeks of "blood, > sweat and tears" i´ve finally finished our Windows software for DHL and > Trans-o-flex shipments. This software is used by our own and replaces a 3rd > party software. There are several reasons, why we decided to replace the > software. > > These are the main features: > By entering the invoice number the software fetches the corresponding > shipping address and some other additional information like cash on > delivery amount (if applicable) from the database of our ERP software and > creates a shipping label, which then is printed onto a thermal printer. > > For Trans-o-Flex the shipping labels (including a 1D barcode 2of5 > interleaved and a qrCode) are completely built with the app. > The qrCode is created with a slightly modified version of the Livecode > qrCode library. The modified library allows to specify the version number > the created qrCode should have. This is important, as the carrier > Trans-o-Flex only allows version 14 qrCodes for their shipping labels. The > original LC library selects the version according to the data the qrCode > contains. If you are interested in the modified library, you´ll find it > here <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21428> I´ve attached > it to “bug” report 21428. > > The 1D barcode is created with a 3rd party Windows SDK from Tec-It < > https://www.tec-it.com/en/software/barcode-software/tbarcode/overview/Default.aspx > >. > Currently the SDK is called from a .vbs script.The .vbs file is created > dynamically. The future plan is to create a widget which calls the SDK. But > due to my lack of knowledge about widget i had to choose the .vbs way for > now. > > After successful printing, the shipping data is stored into a database. At > the end of the day, the shipping data of all parcels and pallets is > exported from database to an XML file, which is then uploaded to the sftp > server of the shipment carrier. The tracking number of each shipment, the > according invoice and customer number are exported also to our web server. > This allows our customers to query the tracking numbers by entering their > invoice and customer number. The software allows also the export a PDF of > all shipments of a day. > > I´ve uploaded 3 screenshots of the app if you´re interested. Please don´t > laugh about the user interface. The design does not match the current > Windows design nor is it state of the art. Our users wanted it simple and > “readable” and no small buttons or text. > > https://mr.on-rev.com/menu.png <https://mr.on-rev.com/menu.png> > https://mr.on-rev.com/shipping.png <https://mr.on-rev.com/shipping.png> > https://mr.on-rev.com/label.png <https://mr.on-rev.com/label.png> > > This is by far the most extensive app i´ve created with Livecode so far > and i am really happy that it was finally approved by Trans-o-Flex. > > > Matthias > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode